Common mistakes at PET and how to avoid them
Trang 3When do I use capital letters?
1 Tick the correct sentence in each pair
1 a I have an english exam next week
b I have an English exam next week
2 a There is a trip to the exhibition in December
b There is a trip to the exhibition in december
We use capital letters with:
• titles and people's names: Mrs Smith, Dr Lee, Queen Elizabeth II
• members of the family when used as names: Dad, Grandma
• addresses: Woodstock House, 16 West Road
• letter beginnings and endings: Dear Charlotte, Love from Emily, Yours sincerely
• geographical names: Rome (city), Spain (country), the Nile (river), the Pacific Ocear
(ocean), Mount Everest (mountain)
• nationality adjectives and languages: English, Italian, French
• days of the week: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday
• months of the year: January, February, March
• festivals and special days: Christmas Day, Valentine's Day, Easter
ft We use small letters in sentences when we are referring to someone's job or
position rather than his / her name or title:
He is my doctor, The new queen is very young, This is my dad
ft We write only the pronoun /with a capital letter:
My sister and I went home, but then she went out again
3 Rewrite these sentences using small and capital letters
1 madrid is in spain & $ { l ^ £ % * ^ A £ t
2 london is on the thames
3 are you learning Italian?
Do I need am / is / are in this sentence?
1 Tick the correct sentence in each pair
1 a The person who sits next to me is called Natalia
b The person who sits next to me called Natalia
2 а I may go to the cinema, but I am not sure
b I may go to the cinema, but I not sure
We use am I is I are:
• with an adjective to describe people and things:
My cousin is tall He is good-looking too
• with -ing to form the present continuous:
/ hope you are feeling well
• with going to to talk about the future:
I'm not going to go shopping on Saturday
• with the past participle to form the passive:
Cardiff and Swansea are situated in south Wales
• after there and here:
There are a lot of buildings near the school
Here's the book I promised you
ft Note that we often use contractions {'m, 's and 're) in spoken and written English,
especially after pronouns and short words
2 Correct the mistake below Look at my shoes!
I going to clean them
Look at my shoes! them
3 Add am, is or are to these sentences
1 I've got a new ruler because my old one broken ^А* ?.^.к.*Г.?*%УУ
2 I like this bag, but it too small for my things
3 Here our photos Do you want to look at them?
4 Paul works in New York and married to Anna
5 I like books which interesting
6 That all for now I will write soon
7 I looking forward to seeing you
8 Jack afraid his wife will fail her driving test
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Trang 4february 10th 2005 dear rcrs brown
please find enclosed a deposit for bed and breakfast accommodation
for the weekend of march 15th my husband and і look forward to
seeing you then
yours sincerely
barbara parker
3 Complete the text with am, is or are
My name (1) Julie Wise and I (2) 21 years old I live in Spain, but I (3) British My parents (4)
English teachers in Madrid I work in an office and
my sister (5) studying English at university Most of our friends (6) Spanish, but my best friend (7) from Argentina She (8)
a secretary in an international bank
4 Write sentences using the notes Use is or are and capital letters where necessary
1 THE NILE / THE LONGEST RIVER IN AFRICA
2 CHINESE NEWYEAR/OFTEN IN JANUARY
3 NICOLE KIDMAN / AN AUSTRALIAN ACTRESS
4 JUVENTUS AND LAZIO / ITALIAN FOOTBALL TEAMS
5 KING LEAR / PLAY ABOUT AN OLD ENGLISH KING AND HIS THREE DAUGHTERS
6 THE HIMALAYAS / IN ASIA
7 SHOPS IN BRITAIN / OFTEN OPEN ON SUNDAY
8 LOS ANGELES / IN CALIFORNIA
5 Are the sentences right or wrong? Correct those which are wrong
1 How deep is the pacific ocean?
2 I'm meeting one friend of mine later
3 They not sane about the answer
4 I've got some apples Would you like one?
5 There is some people in the park
6 I very tired today
7 We're staying at the Ramsey Hotel
8 See you in half a hour
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